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  <title><![CDATA[House of M]]></title>
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  <default_description>The Marvel event of the decade is here! The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers! You know how sometimes you hear the phrase: and nothing will ever be the same again? Well, this time believe it, buster! Nothing will ever be the same again!    Collects House of M #1-8, and Pulse House of M Special Edition Newspaper.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2006</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>House of M (Marvel Comics)</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Brian Michael Bendis]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the arc in which Wolverine regains his memory, so I was anxious to read it. However, the focus really isn’t on him dealing with it—that may be in another collection? I don’t know. Let’s skip the frustrated rant about how Marvel releases TPBs of title-spanning “event” comics this ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43298298">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a great story!  Multi-team superhero crossover events are always tricky with so many characters and backstories to juggle, but Bendis really delivers with an efficient, exciting, and engaging story with REAL STAKES -- as well as plenty of his pitch-perfect dialogue.  My only complaint with this...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61174975">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="66515570">
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  <read_at>Fri Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Occaisionally, it delved a little too deep into Marvel history for a casual reader like myself, but nothing that prevented me from following the story. I greatly enjoyed the pathos put into this story, especially in the &quot;awakening&quot; sequences. Spider-Man is too often used as the vocal emoti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66515570">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of those big, loud &quot;Event&quot; comics that the mainstream publishers have seen fit to put out every few years since Crisis On Infinite Earths.  If you have any familiarity with mainstream superhero comics, you know what these Event storylines mean: all subtlety gets thrown out the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35350250">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="73481426">
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  <date_added>Sun Oct 04 23:12:23 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's after reading these enormous &quot;canons&quot; of the craft that I always think of giving these books up. There is just too much plot and years of continuity being forced into this story, and not enough legitimate reason to care. Other than the, &quot;well, you won't know what's going on in th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/73481426">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20967064">
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  <read_at>Tue Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm a little torn over the House of M. I feel like the book is a toss up between a really exciting premise and a somewhat mediocre (or even anti-climactic) execution. I'm giving it 4 stars because of the final battle scene, which I found very satisfying. Having said that, it is a very low-end &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20967064">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="57878456">
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  <date_added>Sat May 30 14:23:32 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting enough, but totally unnecessary, addition to the Marvel Universe, and ended up being a little to confusing for my taste.  Also, the concept seemed just a little far-fetched, almost as though the writers were just searching for a plot that had not been played out before.  I fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/57878456">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="42574295">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is terrible.<br/>Really just a grab at cash and a retread of Age of Apocalypse, writer Brian Bendis gets to recreate the Marvel Universe with the mutants being large and in charge.  This would, however, have lasting implications on the X-Books, but unless you are a glutton for overwrought supe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42574295">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="61030354">
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  <read_at>Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This one is trippy. I had to trust that all would be explained and become clear, and it mostly did. I liked the disorientation, but it went on for too long. It also was interesting to see the ethics being weighed of how to handle their responsibility to protect the world from a dangerous old friend.<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61030354">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="248208">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Mar 12 20:14:35 -0700 2007</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Obviously conceived and written to reboot some of the Marvel Universe and get rid of the excess of super-powered mutants, <em>House of M</em> is a surprisingly good story; much better, for instance, than DC's similarly-conceived <em>Crisis on Infinite Earths</em>.  At the book's opening, the Scarlet Witch has become ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/248208">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65063448">
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    <name><![CDATA[Patti]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[You'd think that I would have learned not to read Marvel comics, because I don't have the background knowledge to follow what's going on.  Case in point: <em>House of M</em>, which I had heard awesome things about from my comic-buff friends, but could really only follow at the most surface level.]]></body>
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    <review id="68337988">
    <user id="145623">
    <name><![CDATA[Warren]]></name>
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  <read_at>Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Aug 21 09:03:37 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[When i started this book i was thinking &quot;what's bendis doing tackling marvel universe poops. he was best doing gritty crime.&quot; but when i finished this book i thought &quot;holy shit! bendis has a gift for marvel universe storytelling!&quot;<br/><br/>I think this was a huge win for him.]]></body>
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    <review id="78115110">
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    <name><![CDATA[Vito]]></name>
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[i cant stop reading this it was a great story for some one of my age, 16, i have to say i love it there is never a better story than a marvel team up to help change the future of man kind. if your a marvel fan this is a great story to read.<br/>]]></body>
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    <review id="60655165">
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    <body><![CDATA[An excellent &quot;What If&quot; style story using the Marvel universe of characters.  Shows what a good author can do with an established canon.  Well crafted with a lot of thoughtful moments. ]]></body>
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    <review id="25764910">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reprints House of M #1-8.  The Avengers debate what to do about the Scarlet Witch after her breakdown and decide they might have to kill her to protect the world.  The Avengers travel to Genosha to confront the Scarlet Witch and reality warps as they arrive to create the House of M.  It seems like m...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/25764910">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="49246012">
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  <read_at>Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's a mind-trip, but it's hardly good.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Meh.  There's a reason I don't own this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Never read much Marvel growing up.  Since they're now largely supporting the family, I decided to be a team player.  Fraction suggested I start with HOUSE OF M.  <br/><br/>It was well done -- kudos to Bendis -- but I still got lost several times.  I suspect this is due to being new to the Marvel u...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11570989">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What can I say about this book?  I loved the art, I loved the storylines, I thought it was great!  I'm always impressed when comic books can write well enough to make you actually read it slowly (I think traditionally it's very easy to skim the story and concentrate on the art).  This book excelled ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29526549">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[What a novel concept--a crossover book that really had (and continues to have) long-term effects on a comic book universe.  When one of Marvel's most powerful mutants loses her grip on reality, it's up to the X-Men and Avengers to piece reality itself back together--but even if they can, will they w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12542698">more...</a>]]></body>
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